Body Manufacturing Engineer – New Model

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Life assurance

Sabbatical after 2 years

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to drive new model introduction from concept through prototype to series production. You will coordinate with concept design and engineering teams to ensure processes align with the facility's plan and vision.

The role covers HPC ownership, process validation, and tooling integration across production lines, including line balancing and motion studies. Travel within the UK and Europe is required, and a strong focus on quality and efficiency is

Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical/automotive engineering or equivalent experience (2:1 or above).
• Experience in planning and executing new vehicle programs.
• Knowledge of vehicle assembly processes and end-of-line finishing.

Responsibilities

• Create and develop deliverables for new model introductions, from concept to prototype to series production.
• Lead process sequencing, documentation and product traceability; drive PFMEA and best-practice improvements.
• Own Hours Per Car data, line balancing and root-cause analysis for production bottlenecks.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Automotive engineering

2:1 degree

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/automotive engineering

Job description

What to Expect

Our Manufacturing Engineering team are growing to support our business plan. New Models mean more opportunity to develop and create processes and standardisation around how we perfect each and every model we build.

This role is crucial to the success of our Manufacturing operations, as you will be responsible for the processes and complexities of how we build new models – taking them from initial concept designs through prototype stages into series production.

In this role, you will have plenty of variety – everyone in the team will have a wide exposure to the business, including interfacing with concept design and engineering teams across multiple projects, you will witness and influence projects from beginning to end.

What You'll Do

The creation and development of deliverables for new model introduction:

• Vehicle assembly concept
• Virtual environment transitioning to physical delivery and validation.
• Process sequencing, documentation, and product traceability
• Developed in line with existing Series products & future strategies
• PFMEA
• Support and drive the implementation of best practices to improve RFT
• Hours per Car generation & reporting
• Ownership and maintenance of the Hours Per Car (HPC) data for new model introductions, ensuring plant efficiency and output targets can be achieved.
• Working with engineering and operation teams to identify and resolve production bottlenecks
• Development & delivery of Body in White tooling solutions
• Ownership of defining assembly concepts
• Working with supply base to deliver and integrate tooling solutions into production
• Line balancing
• Including running time & motion studies across the plant
• Facility layout & utilisation
• Collaborating with Engineering & Operations teams in leading the design of new / amendments to existing layouts and material flow to ensure new models align with the plan and vision for the facility.
• Support and influence cross functional business activities to achieve the Project deliverables:
• Concept / Design Reviews
• Engineering release delivery
• DFMEA

What You'll Bring

Knowledge, skills & experience:

• A degree in mechanical / automotive engineering or similar (2:1 or above) or equivalent experience in a similar role. Having experience in the following:
• Specification and procurement of major assembly equipment.
• Planning and execution of new vehicle programs.
• Complex vehicle systems.
• Vehicle assembly processes.
• Trim and final processes.
• End of line vehicle processing / finishing.
• identifying resolutions for product related issues, ensuring all quality targets are achieved.
• Implementation of safe working practices.

Personal attributes

• Display a positive attitude and practice strong work ethics that reflects the mission, philosophy and goals of McLaren.
• As one of our engineers you will naturally have an understanding and appreciation for low volume, high value performance vehicle production and brand requirements.
• We work in a fast-paced environment so the ability to act under pressure with calmness, clarity of thought and decisive authority is crucial. Change is a natural part of our business and candidates must be agile to plans and procedures changing.
• You will need to travel to off-site development facilities, within the UK and throughout Europe, therefore a flexible approach to travel is required.
• You will have the determination to drive forward the business to ‘Best in Class’ performance standards in line with brand expectations and be a lateral thinker able to think outside of the box to make structured and objective decisions.
• Other traits of a successful McLaren employee will include excellent communication skills both written and verbal, to all levels of the business. Excellent attention to detail and strong data analysis skills including the use of all Microsoft Office applications, specifically with Microsoft Excel.

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.